Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6)

"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five."
(Groucho Marx )

"And the lamb and the wolf shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get any sleep" (Woody Allen)

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33)

Good soil for Wayward Seed? There's a sad fact that needs to be addressed. Far more seed has been lost by the Church than has been allowed to flourish.

I speak, of course, in the context of the Parable of the Sower. Surely the time has come for a conservation campaign, for a rescue mission to ensure that as much seed as possible is nourished and nurtured and allowed to reach full potential?

In short, people need, as never before, to be thoroughly saved from a World that is going to the dogs.

The Parable shows us the three ways that the flame of faith lit by the first spark of understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ can be extinguished. It can be flicked out at source, it can be smothered through a lack of depth or it can be quenched through worldly concerns.

All three are currently prevalent and it is my contention that all three are generally not adequately dealt with by today's Church ... more ...